Formula

V2
Examples
• I saw her yesterday
• I received a letter from my friend last week
• They took part in a competition and won
• She started internship last month
• You gave me this pen yesterday, take it back
Put the verb into the correct form
• He (has) a dog 2 years ago
• She (play) a computer game yesterday
• They (start) a new project recently
• We (want) to buy a new boat but we (do not) manage to find one
• Van Gogh (create) a masterpiece
• The factory (produce) 500 boxes of product last month
• The president (introduce) a new ruling
3 types of sentences
• Positive (+) Subject + V2 + the rest
• Negative (-) Subject + did not + V1 + the rest
• Question (?) did + subject + V1 + the rest

• He played a computer game yesterday

• He did not play a computer game yesterday
• Did he play a computer game yesterday?
For negative statements we use the verb did
before the regular verb in the first form (V1)
• Steve didn’t know how to jump
• Children didn’t want to eat the food
• Sarah did not like long journeys
• Students did not want to behave
• Did not = didn’t
Make negative statements from positive
statements
• Carl stole corals from Clara
• Greg enjoyed the ride
• Silvia played with the dog
• Shoshanna did the impossible
For questions we place Did first, then we
have a subject, then a verb in the first form
(V1)
• Did you play tennis recently?
• Did she learn how to do it yesterday?
• Did the fisherman catch a lot of fish last month?
• Did Tom Cruise love to cruise when he was young?
• Did he play the song you like when you met?
• Did they eat ice cream at 2 pm?
Make questions
• He saw her yesterday
• She received a letter from my friend last week
• They took part in a competition and won
• She started internship last month
• You gave me this pen yesterday
The verb to be
• I/He/she/it was
• You/We/They were
The verb to be is a strong verb and doesn’t need
help in questions and negative statements
• Were you a student?
• How was she when you met her?
• Were they nurses?
• They were not nurses
Make negative statements and questions from
positive statements
• He was a doctor
• She was a nurse
• They were people of faith
• We were happy
• You were a good friend
• She was a hardworking woman
• He was a faithful man
Indicators
• Yesterday
• Last day (week, month, year)
• A day (week, month, year) before
• Recently
• Exact time in the past (At 8 pm the day before yesterday)